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   Sergey Sapronov to Maurice Kinal   
   Re: Linux for old computer (very)   
   10 Nov 21 10:17:02   
   
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      Привет, Maurice!   
      
       Ответ на сообщение Maurice Kinal (2:280/464.113) к Sergey Sapronov,   
   написанное 10 ноя 21 в 09:02:   
      
    SS>> There is a laptop, ancient. It only has 128MB of RAM (and a 40GB   
    SS>> IDE drive!). What Linux can I install on it?   
      
    MK> Have a look at some of the older slackwares at   
    MK> ftp://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/slackware/slackware-iso/ as they have   
    MK> versions nobody else has, not even slackware.  Offhand I'd guess   
    MK> something like slackware-10.0 or thereabouts should work.   
      
   Thanks, I'll watch this.   
      
    SS>> I want to deploy FTN software on it, and a website (with a load   
    SS>> of about zero). Is it even possible?   
      
    MK> Yes.  How much do you know about installing linux distributions?  Also   
    MK> does the laptop have a bootable CD-ROM?  That will make a HUGE   
    MK> difference.   
      
   There is a CD-rom, but it does not read modern cd-r for some unknown reason.   
   So far I have come to this option: I removed the HDD, connected it via an   
   IDE-2-USB adapter to a full-fledged laptop, created a virtual machine with   
   this physical disk through VMWare player on it, and on this disk I plan to   
   install Linux from an iso image, and after installation, connect the hdd back   
   to the old laptop - this is the design!   
      
      С уважением - Sergey   
      
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